Hi all,
Can anyone recommend a website (or book) for butterflies of Brazil (or South America if not)?
Thanks
Lee
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You might like to contact Adrian Hoskins through his website (eg: http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Am ... thumbs.htm) or via UK Butterflies (memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=54). I think he is especially interested in the tropics and rainforests.
Brazil is a seriously butterfly-dense region! Bernard d'Abrera's Butterflies of South America (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Butterflies-Sou ... 0959363920) illustrates 700 species (for South America as a whole) and is still only recommended as a guide to family or genus. His more comprehensive series on the butterflies of the world has several volumes for the Neotropical region, retailing at over £200 each.
Very much more affordable is his World Butterflies (http://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Butterfli ... 927&sr=1-1), with over 6400 insects figured (some species represented more than once) categorised into regions. Plates 111-150 cover the Neotropical region. It's definitely not a field guide, but let's you get most butterflies down to at least family and often genus, after which you can do some web searching.
If you're planning to visit Brazil, I would try to get some local information for the smaller region you are visiting. The number of species is presumably much smaller nearer urban regions.
Guy
Brazil is a seriously butterfly-dense region! Bernard d'Abrera's Butterflies of South America (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Butterflies-Sou ... 0959363920) illustrates 700 species (for South America as a whole) and is still only recommended as a guide to family or genus. His more comprehensive series on the butterflies of the world has several volumes for the Neotropical region, retailing at over £200 each.
Very much more affordable is his World Butterflies (http://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Butterfli ... 927&sr=1-1), with over 6400 insects figured (some species represented more than once) categorised into regions. Plates 111-150 cover the Neotropical region. It's definitely not a field guide, but let's you get most butterflies down to at least family and often genus, after which you can do some web searching.
If you're planning to visit Brazil, I would try to get some local information for the smaller region you are visiting. The number of species is presumably much smaller nearer urban regions.
Guy
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Guy's Butterflies: https://www.guypadfield.com
The Butterflies of Villars-Gryon : https://www.guypadfield.com/villarsgryonbook.html
The Butterflies of Villars-Gryon : https://www.guypadfield.com/villarsgryonbook.html
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Hi Guy,
Many thanks for your hugely detailed reply!
Cheers
Lee
Many thanks for your hugely detailed reply!
Cheers
Lee
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